Unlimited Riches : Making Your Fortune in Real Estate Investing

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Summary: 3 1/2 stars
Review: A solid beginners tome. Gives good advice on how to drum up business. I always say if you can get a couple of good ideas form a book that help you make some money, you've got your money's worth. One thing I really like are the true story tidbits inserted every so often. I really liked the idea on p. 94 and have begun to use this one myself.

One of the weaknesses of a beginners book like this is that all too often they dont explain the numbers. Real estate is all about the numbers. No formulas to help you determine if a certain deal is actually good or not.

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Summary: I just ordered the book , but wanted to comment on other...
Review: I have been reading these reviews and I just wanted to comment on them. I have yet to read this book but the topic is realistic. Flipping or wholesaling properties is very easy (once you have thoroughly researched your market), lucrative and legal. You can very well get properties well below market value. If you arrange the financing for your buyer and they have their exit strategy defined you can put them in the property without any money of their own. It is not some pie in the sky. It is the reality for many people. Granted you will not get the nicest property in the highest demand area, but you will get the property that has enough wrong with it to scare off the homebuyer who wants a pristine perfect house. There are two parts to the brain, the thinker and the prover, if the thinker wants to believe it impossible and think all the stories are made up, the prover will set out to prove them right. I don't know if this book has good info or not but the answers are out there and the deals are out there.

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Summary: Show me the money
Review: I read some good reviews of this book, but after reading the book they made me feel like they were written by the author or by some of his friends. Like most books that promise the world, the content under delivers. The book had some great points in it, but it left out some key pieces of information, like how much money you need to get started and what makes a good market from a bad one. He had some great suggestions on what you need to do in order to be a great landlord, but at times I felt like the book was an advertisement for his web site and the services he provides there (for a fee, of course). The book could have been half as long and provided the same information. Writing in the first person, telling his own version of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" kept the pace fast, but at times was annoying. If you are considering seriously to get into real estate investing, this isn't a bad book to have, but you shouldn't make it your only one.